Subject: The Importance of Plants in Your Aquarium

Ecosystems like lakes, rivers, and forests are naturally balanced due to self-regulation. Because of natural cycles, they are basically self-sufficient.

A predominant position is held by the green plants, which store the sun in the form of sugar, fats, and proteins that serve as food for the animal and vegetable life they maintain.

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In your aquarium, the plants hold the same valuable importance, and should be treated with care. Only plants can use light to transform inorganic elements into nutrients.

However, plants need small organisms such as bacteria, fungi, etc. (which break down dead organic substances into their basic elements) in order to continue to produce these nutrients.

Between these two, there is a natural balance that allows the plants to do the job they were designed to perform.

Looking at our aquarium along these lines, we see that without constant interference from us, this balance would be in great danger.

We must add food and possibly fertilizer, remove dead plants and animals, remove waste products with partial water changes, and siphon off excess debris from the aquarium.

Because of the various appliances available to create gas exchanges (oxygen and carbon dioxide) in our tanks, plants can be completely eliminated from an aquarium.

However, if we wish to maintain a more natural healthy system and provide our fish with oxygen and hold down the level of nitrogen, plants are the simplest most efficient means.

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Plants also help maintain the level of algae growth. A healthy planting is a great preventative against algae that can overrun your tank.

Planting an aquarium with a large variety of plants can be very expensive, and it is best to start with the less expensive plants, planting them in bunches.

After the aquarium is established, you can replace these with the more decorative and attractive plants that you prefer.

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Bill Anderson
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